Hanger-link for suspending light-reflecting bowls.



v E. L. WHITE-v FOR SUSPENDING LiGHT REFLECTiNG BOWLS.

APPLICATION HLED DEC. 8, \9l5- Patented. Ju1y17,1917(.

HANGER LINK INVENTUH Hi8 A TTORNEYS ITEM erarn PATET OFFIEE.

EDWIN L. WHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J. H. WHITEMANUFACTUR- ING- COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

HANGER-LINK FOR SUSPENDING LIGHT-REFLECTING BOWLS.

Application filed December 8, 1916.

To all "whom, it, may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Hanger-Links for SuspendingLight-Reflecting Bowls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for suspending bowls in lighting fixtures,and while applicable for connecting suspending chains to the commonhooks or hangers usually employed upon bowls in lighting fixtures of thesemi-indirect character, it is especially designed for use in connectionwith a device invented by me for suspending bowls where used with a domeor shade where the use of chains is rendered unnecessary, whichinvention forms the subject matter of I a co-pending application forpatent. My present invention consists essentially of a two partpivotally connected hook and link adapted to form a connection betweensaid suspending device and the hangers or projections on the lightreflecting bowl.

The details of the invention are hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved link as closed.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same open.

Fig. 4 is an elevationshowing the device connected to a hanger attachedto a bowl suspended by chains, and

Fig. 5 is an elevation showing my invention as employed with a fixturein which a shade or dome is suspended over the bowl, and suspendingchains are dispensed with.

-Similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the severalviews.

10, and 11, indicate two members pivotally connected together at theirlower ends by a pivot pin 12.

Each of these members are formed at their free ends with a hook 13,turned in the same direction.

That portion of the respective members below these hook shaped ends iscurved in opposite directions, overlapping each other at their extremelower curved ends where joined by the pivot pin 12. The hooks 13 are ofcorresponding shape on each member and overlap each other when the linkis Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917..

Serial No. 135,784.

closed. Upon the member 11, between the hook 13, and. its body portionthere is preferably an inwardly turned projection 14, which when thelink is closed overlaps the upper part of the body portion of the member10, and I also preferably provide a stop 15, upon the member 10, againstwhich the projection 14, on the member 11, contacts when the link isclosed, thereby assuring the overlapping of the hooked ends of the twomembers in a uniform manner, with their edges in perfect alinement.

In Fig. 4, of the drawing, I have shown my improved device as forming aconnection between an ordinary metal hanger 16, secured to the rim of abowl 17, in a common manner, and the lower end of a suspending chain 18,but my invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with thesuspending device forming the subject of my aforesaid co-pendingapplication, in which a shade or dome 19, is supported over a bowl 20,as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing in the present application.

In such instance I employ a metal ring 21, inserted within the customarycentral opening in the shade or dome with gripper fingers 22, to retainthe ring in position, there being spaced arms 23, projecting from thering and extending along the under surface of the shade or dome, eacharm being provided on its free end with an eye 24. The bowl 20 may besupplied with the ordinary hangers usually secured to the rim of suchbowls as illustrated in Fig. 4, but my invention is particularlydesigned for. use with bowls formed with integral spaced headed lugs 25,as illustrated in Fig. 5.

In connecting such bowls by means of my present invention to my improvedsuspending device above named, the link is opened. by swinging themembers 10-11, apart on their pivotal connection 12, and the link placedaround the lug 25, underneath its head, the members are then swung backoverlapping their respective hooks 13, and these hooks are then passedthrough the eyes 24 on the ends of the arms 23.

Three or more of these arms are employed together with the same numberof headed lugs 25, on the bowl 20. It will be seen that the bowl isthereby suspended centrally beneath the shade or dome 19, and there isno danger of the connecting links'slipping Qfi the lugs.

By the employment of my invention the bowls are suspended with greatfacility and in a secure and steady manner, 'without liability ofinjury.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hanger link for suspending bowls in lighting fixtures, comprisingtwo flat members' curved in opposite directions with their lower endsoverlapped and pivotally connected, each provided at its upper end witha flat heck of like shape and turned in the same direction, which'hookswhen the members are swung together overlap and match each other incontact.

'2. A hanger link for suspending bowls in lighting fixtures,- comprisingtwo flat members curved in opposite directions with their lower endsoverlapped and pivotally connected, each providedat its upper end with aflat hook'of like shape and turned in the same direction, which hookswhen the memhere are swung together overlap and match each other incontact, a stop upon one of said members, and a fiat inwardly turnedprojection at the base of the hook upon the other member for contactwith the said stop.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 3. In a lighting fixture, andin combination, a shade or dome, means for supporting the same upon thefixture, a light reflecting bowl provided with spaced headed lugsadjacent its upper edge, a suspending device connected to said shade ordome and provided with spaced projecting arms extending along the undersurface of said shade or dome and each provided at its free end withSigned by me this 41th day of December, r

EDWIN L. WHITE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

